Much great to see you. Thank you for thanks to all of our viewers for joining us tonight. Cnn news night with abby phillip starts right now tonight. Breaking news. Kamala harris and tim walz sit down for their first interview right here on cnn it s. A highstakes interview for the new ticket. We ll discuss the biggest questions voters want to hear and on the verge of a deal the debate of the season two weeks from today, as harris and trump it closer to a faceoff. Plus if at first you don t succeed indict again jack smith reworks the indictment against trump in the election interference case what does it mean for the campaign live at the table? scott jennings, bakari sellers, doug heye and lauren leader welcome to a special edition of newsnight state of the race good evening i m abby phillip in new york. Let s get right to what america is talking about tonight. An interview 37 days in the making. That is how long it s been since president biden dropped out of the race, believe it or not,
11 00 a. M. Eastern. We begin way Major Development and former president Donald Trumps legal battles. Special counsel jack smith filing a superseing indictment over its efforts to overturn the 2020 election. This comes nearly two months after the original case was derailed over a Landmark Supreme Court decision president s have broad immunity for official acts. The updated indictment, contains the original four charges trump pleaded not guilty to but some charges revised. Special counsel saying, the Superseding Indictment reflects the governments efforts to respect and implement the Supreme Courts holdings and remand instructions. Joining us now katie phang, msnbc legal contributor and paul butler former Federal Proecutor and msnbc legal analyst and msnbcs garrett haake. Walk us try the new versus the old one . Yes. Jose, start with the stuff that hasnt changed. Its the same four charges that were in the original indictment from last year. Its the same defendant. Donald trump. Theres n
The sun coming up 6 00 a. M. Its wednesday, august 28th. And we have a lot to get to this morning. Including special counsel jack smith trying to salvage the federal Election Interference case against donald trump. Filing a formal indictment against the former president. Were going to bring you excellent analysis in just a moment. Meanwhile, donald trump now says that he will debate Vice President Kamala Harris in two weeks, but the Harris Campaign still needs to be resolved. And well have more details about that the operation that rescued an israeli man who was held hostage by hamas for more than 300 days. That comes as israel launches a broad operation in the west bank with raids and air strikes in that territory. Im Jonathan Lemire along with u. S. Special correspondent for bbc news katty kay in this morning for joe, mika and willie. Well be joined by Symone Sanderstownsend, and mike barnicle, and nbc news capitol hill correspondent, you just saw her on way too early, ali vitali. Lo
Through some of the more rural and red parts of the state, but places were turning out dormant democratic voters could be game changing. More than ambitious, its a sign of optimism. The Harris Walz Campaign is playing offense right now, while trump and vance find themselves on defense. Forced to answer for and try to clarify one negative story after another, be it an alleged physical confrontation or altercation with an Arlington National cemetery worker, a repost of memes calling for the jailing of trumps political opponents or yet another unearthed tape of j. D. Vance attacking women without children. This time, its teachers. Days after telling nbc news that democrats, quote, willfully misinterpreted his childless cat ladies remark, the audio of vance going after the head of the nations Largest Teachers Union who says she became a mother through marriage. So many leaders of the left, and i hate to be so personal about this, but theyre people without kids trying to brainwash the minds
Smarter, which won by morning. Got it. Got abbas, daughter, youve got this is cnn Breaking News youre live in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington. We do begin this hour with Breaking News out of the middle east. Israels military says it has rescued a hostage from a hamas tunnel in southern gaza. He had been held captive since the Terror Attacks of october 7. The father of 11, and spent the last 320 six days as a prisoner there he is in the hospital right there a short time ago reuniting with his brother, cnns jim sciutto joins us now from tel aviv jim, the details of been trickling in whats the latest that youve learned . Well, first of all, certainly youre happy fomin moment for, for him and for his family after these painful days, weeks, and months captivity. But this has also been quite a rarity for the idf of the close to 250 hostages taken on october 7, only aides have been freed alive via Military Operations. And this is the first one based on the details provided to us